A brand new start for smart water

Despite plenty of studies, spending on digital water solutions in Japan has been lacklustre. A younger, more digital-savvy private workforce could reignite the flame...

Many observers forecast that spending trends in Japan’s water sector will change with the introduction of private concessions. Ayukawa Masao, who manages PPP projects for Swing Corporation, expects “more capital investment on utilising ICT to optimise the works that have been done manually,” while Hidetoshi Niinuma, head of the infrastructure development team at Sumitomo...